Hi Everyone

I am from Melbourne and am starting a support group.

Sometimes you can feel alone not knowing many or any other people that have had weight loss surgery, and there are always so many questions that we have and support that we need.

Sometimes it helps just to talk to someone that can relate to you

I would love to hear from others in Melbourne, Victoria that are interested in this support group.

Hope to hear from you soon

Leanne

@@chez lets home I am under 110 soon as it seems impossible but I will get there I know.

Right now I am carrying Fluid thanks to almost TOM so I am keeping off them for another week and will see after that.

The weight seems to creep up and up thanks to fluid and then crash down so I am waiting patiently at the moment LOL

@ as Chez said take each day at a time and you will do great.

Everyone heals differently....I was slow but a couple of people I know have been fast and it all just depends on the person.

Its a long term thing so there is no hurry.....believe me it will happen just everyone has there own pace.

Take it easy and take care of yourself as the healing phase is important

Just got admitted!

What time are you getting banded??

Is it thisarvo??

How exciting let us know how you go..... will be thinking of you

All is done! Feeling pretty groggy, mum and little sisters visiting soon. My liver was great and I got a plication as well. No hiatal hernia

All is done! Feeling pretty groggy, mum and little sisters visiting soon. My liver was great and I got a plication as well. No hiatal hernia

that's excellent! Yay for no hernia. Glad it's done for you now

@ as Chez said take each day at a time and you will do great. Everyone heals differently....I was slow but a couple of people I know have been fast and it all just depends on the person. Its a long term thing so there is no hurry.....believe me it will happen just everyone has there own pace. Take it easy and take care of yourself as the healing phase is important

Thanks love, I'm feeling much better and grounded now I've spent done time with my family! I'm keen to start puréed foods now but I'm following the plan. I'm seeing the dietician tomorrow... Fingers crossed!

I'm down 20kgs since early June and I think I can see it in my neck!

Hope all are well ☺️

Cath

@ So glad your feeling better now...thats great.

@@nerms how are you feeling today?? Was just reading up on Gastric Banding with Plication and it seems like a much better idea than just the band.

Hope your feeling well

I'm home sleeping on my side

Taxi ride home was a whole other experience.. Never again!

I've got 4 incisions and someone else on the same day got 5 so I felt special.

The surgeon never once mentioned plication to me until 5 mins before theatre. He was happy with my weight loss and said he would do a plication I was like yes please! Their scales said I was 90.. Still happy!

Take it easy Nerms....hope you feel better soon

@@nerms wow you're lucky... I got 6 but I think that's cos they took out my gallbladder too! Hope you're feeling well!

I'm 13 days post op and have had my appointment with my dietician and am now on pureed food whoohoo! Menu today includes: pureed baked Beans, egg mash (1 egg, 1tsp low fat mayo, 2 tsp ricotta and some Water to loosen), tuna mash (can of tuna, 2 sm slices beetroot, 1 tsp low fat mayo and some beetroot juice to loosen), and pureed chicken for dinner with Protein shake in between meals to sip. It's only about 1/2 cup each and I'm not sure I'll eat them all but it's so good! last night I had 1/2 cup cottage cheese with some chutney for flavour. Surgeon wrote script for nexium for me as I've had quite hot heartburn over the past few days but I'll be fine. The only thing I'm going to have difficulty fitting in is my water as I'm not allowed to drink 1/2 hour before or after meals and getting into a routine will be key! I'm going to need to be up early to start the day off right!

Anyway, that's my lil update! hope all are well!

Cheers Cath

yummmm baked beans!

OMG @@nerms best Breakfast ever. I've got hiccups from afternoon tea so I'm resting.

What's a plication?

@ Ohh I bet it was!

A plication is pretty much folding the stomach and stitching it up (reversible)

Just before I went into theatre the surgeon told me he would be giving me a plication as well as the band to speed up my weight loss, not sure why but if it's going to help then I'm happy

"Band plication begins by placing a Lap Band as is normally done. After placing the band, the stomach below the band is rolled in on itself, or plicated, and sewn in place. This significantly decreases the volume of the stomach, and creates a “sleeve”. The plication “sleeve” works very much like a sleeve gastrectomy in that it significantly limits the volume of the stomach and thus how much food can be eaten."